Bernhard Pankok - Artist Info

About Bernhard Pankok

  • Biography

    Bernhard Pankok (Münster [Westphalia], 16 May 1872—Baierbrunn, 5 April 1943) was a modern German painter, graphic artist, architect, and designer.

    His works are characterized by the transition between Art Nouveau* and the International Style. His furniture and book design, such as the catalog of the German section for the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, have garnered him the most recognition.

    Pankok opened a studio in Munich in 1892 and worked as a freelance artist, graphic designer and illustrator for the magazines Pan and Jugend. He remained in Munich until 1902 and co-founded the Vereinigten Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk (United Workshops for Art in Handcraft).

    In 1902 he moved to Stüttgart, and i...

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